Fireplace.



G. B. HAGGARD.

FIREPLACE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- 10. 1914.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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e. B. HAGG'ARD.

FIREPLACE- APPLICATION FILED JA N. I0, 1914.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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' suitable support.

GEORGE E. HAGGARD, or wAronoss, GEORGIA.

FIREPLACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. it, 1915.

Application filed January 10, 1914. Serial No. 811,355.

following is a specification, reference being had to' the accompanyingdrawing.

-My improvement. relates particularly to a metal structure forming afire place when such structureis suitably set in a recess; in

a wall and connected with a chimney flue.

The object of the improvement is to provide a structure composed ofnietalparts which may be easily and economically formed and convenientlyassembled and placed in. a wall to form an efficient heating apparatus.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a front elevation of alittle'more. than the left. hand one-half of a fire place embodying myimprovement, the line, (Z- QlbBlD" the upright middle of such a. fireplace, it being understood that the portion of the structure at theright of said line is a duplicate of the portion at the left of saidline; Figl 2 is a rear elevation of the portion of the structure shownby Fig. 1, the line, oo, again indicating the upright middle of suchstructure; Fig. 3 is an elevation of the right hand side of thestructure; Fig. f is an upright section on the line, l-4, of Fig. 1,looking toward the left Fig. 5 is a. horizontal section on the line,5-5, of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line, 66, of.

Fig 2; Fig. 7 is a section on the line, 77, of Fig. 2; Fig. 8. is asection on the line, 8-8, of Fig. 3; Fig. 9'is. a rear view of one formof the upper back section detached from the other parts; Fig. 10 is asection on the line, 1()10, of Fig. 4.

Referring to said drawings, A, A, are two side sections placed uprightat the right and at'the left of the structure with their lower endsresting upon the hearth or any other The front edge of each such sectionis upright, and the lower portion of the rear edge of each such sectionis upright, while the upper portion of the rear edge slopes forward, asshown in Figs. 3 and 4. In the form shown in the drawings, the rearedges are set nearer to each other than arev the front edges, so thatsaid sections converge, going from the front rearward. The uprightportions of the rear edges of said sections are connected by alower backsection, B, which occupies the space between said edges and has. itsside edges joined to said rear edges by means of upright dove-tails, 1,located on the'upright edges of the section, B, and

extending into upright. dove tail grooves, 2,

formed in the adjacent. faces of the side sections. Above the restposition for each dovetail, there is an opening, 3,-fron1 the rear lntothe groove, 2, large enough to allow the dovetail to pass forward into,said groove when said backplate is moved forward from behind thesidesections and high enough to bring the dove-tails opposite said openmg.

. ibove the lower back section, B, and between the two. sideisections isthe upper back'section, C. on the upper portion of each/ side edgeofsuch section,(], is an upright dove-tail, 4, which extends into anupright; dove-tail. groove, 5., in the adjacent converge from above, andthe side edges'ofv the section, C, converge from its upper edgedownward. This allows the insertion of the section, C, bymoving itdownward, the dovetails, 4i, .eing made to enter the upperportions ofthegrooves, 5, and then properly seated'in the lower portion of saidgrooves, while the lower edge of .said section is made to rest. upon theupper-ledge of the'lower back. section, B. The upper edge of thesection, C, ext-ends only. a little fartherthan the base of the damperhereinafterdescribed.

To the. front. edge, of each side section, A, is applied an upright faceplate, D, each such plate rising from the hearth to the cross-faceplate, For securing the face plates, 1), each is provided onitsrear facewith rearward and downward directed hooks, 6, each ofwhich extends overa horizontal lug,'7, formed on the outer face of the adjacent. sidesection, A. Said lugs. may be cast integral with the sections, A, andthe hooks maybe cast integral with the plates, D.

The cross-face plate, E, extends crosswise of the structure. immediatelyabove the upper ends of the face plates, D, and bears against the frontedges of the side sections, A, and extends above said side sections andhas a rearwarddirected flange, 8, extending across a portion of theupper edges of the side sections, A. Each upright face plate has anupward extension, 9, over-lapping the rear face of the adjacent portionof the 5 cross face plate, E. Bolts, 10, extend through the plate, E,and said extensions and bind said plate firmly to the upright ed toprevent the passage of smoke and. ashes. A little below and back of thelevel of the upper edge of the upper back section, G, a bearing, 12, isformed on the rear edge of each side section, A. Each such bearing isopen, being in the form ofa notch opening upward, and receives ajournal, 13, on the adjacent lower corner of the damper, Gr, said damperhaving its lower and upper edges horizontal and being long enough toextend from one side plate to the other and wide enough to extend to ormeet the rear 1 edge of the top plate, F. Above each journal, 13, themetal is removed far enough to make room for the metal of the bearingbei T hind the journal when the damper is turned back. I I

The structure is so set as to bring the damper into the lower portion ofthe chimney flue. When the damper rests on the side sections and againstthe top plate, as

shown in Figs. 2 andIS, it is closed. It is tobe put into this positionwhen there is no fire in the fire place. Then the damper preventsthe-passing of air up or down through the'flue and it intercepts sootfalling in the flue. WVhen the damper isturned rearward 3 onitsjournals, as shown in Fig. 4, air and products of combustion may pass.For controlling the damper, the rear end of a latch bar, 14, is hingedto an ear, 15, which 1s set near one end and on the front face of thedamper. A stud, 16, is located on the inner face of the adjacent side.section, A, and the lower edge of the latch bar, 14, has notches,

- 17, adapted to receive said stud. Said notches are spaced upon saidbar to engage said stud when the damper has been opened to differentpositions. Thus the damper may be set and secured in various positions,according to the amount of draft desired. And, on account of the openbearings in which the damper ournals rest, the damper may be lifted intoand out of position without disturbing other parts of the structure. Byplacing the bearing below and rearward of the upper edge of the backsection, C, the damper is so located,when turned back, as

to be shielded by said back section from the intense heat. v

1 In Figs. 2, 8,4, and 8, the upper back sec- .tion, is shown as havingcombined therewith a water back, 18, said back being cast across thelower portion of said section and integral therewith and provided at oneend with two nipples, 19, for the connection of water pipes. Apartition, 2\), extends from a point in the water-back wall between thenipples toward the opposite wall, so that water entering from one pipemust travel in a circuit through the water back before reaching theother pipe. It is to be observed that this Water back and the remainderof said back section are formed independently of the other parts of thestructure and may be removed from such other parts, and that the pipeswhich are connected with the water back are not connected with any other5 2 part of the structure. Above the water back, the section, C, has onits rear face oblique stiffening ribs, 21.

V Fig. 9 shows the section, G, made without the water back and havingthe ribs, 21, ex- 9 tended downward to the lower edge of said section.The section, 0, having the water back and the section, C, not havingsuch water back are of the same length and width or of the same area andmay be used inter- 5 changeably, so that a customer may buy and buildinto his structure either of such sections.

On the inner face of each side section is a grate lug, 22, and on thefront face of the lower back section, B, are two forward-directed gratelugs, 23. The grate, H, has a horizontal portion, 24, resting on thelugs,

23, and an upright portion, 25, having rearward and downward directedhooks 26, ex tending rearward and downward over the lugs, 22. Said fourlugsisrupport the grate detachably, the latter being set into positionafter the other portions of the structure have been established. Ascreen, 27, having feet, 28, rests on the hearth a little way forward ofthe front portion of the grate.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a structure of the nature described, two upright side sections, aback section 10- cated between the rear edgesof the side sections anddetachably joined thereto, upright face plates detachably attached tothe front edges of the side sections, a detachably-secured cross faceplate extending across the front of said side sections above saidupright face plates and having a rearward-directed flange extending overa portion of the upper ends of said side sections, and a top plateresting on'the upper ends of said side sections rearward of said flange,substantially as described.

2. In a structure of the nature described, two upright side sections, aback section located between the rear edges of the side sec- 120 tionsand detachably joined thereto, upright face plates detachably attachedto the front hinged damper having its free edge meeting said top plate,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name, in presence of twoWitnesses, this sixth day of January, in the year one thou- 15 sandninehundred and fourteen.

GEORGE B. HAGGARD. Witnesses:

CYRUS KEHR, J. B. MALCOM.

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Washington, D. G.

